A man barged into his former girlfriend's home, used her as a shield and then exchanged shots with responding sheriff's deputies, wounding three of them before he surrendered.

It was initially reported that Philip Martin Monier, 47, fired shots and deputies returned fire. But it was later learned that Monier never made a threat and did not take his gun out of his waistband until deputies opened fire.

Deputies shot his ex girlfriend, Jackie Rosenbloom, 46, five times. Monier received a minor wound in the hand.
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Rosenbloom filed a federal lawsuit against the sheriff's office claiming deputies exceeded proper use of force.

After a few years in court, a judge let the case go forward to jury trial. The judge's ruling, based on evidence, contradicted the sheriff's version of events.

"There are facts on the record that a reasonable jury could find that the Defendant Deputies intended to shoot through Plaintiff in order to restrain Monier. Therefore, Plaintiff was the intended object of the shooting." The parties reached a $975,000 settlement out of court, just before trial.

Monier was convicted on four counts of attempted murder and sentenced to life. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and state attorney had ruled that the shooting was justified.